Exerciser for felines.



No. 848,136. I I PATENTBD MAR. 26, 1907.

w. B. SMITH.

BXBRGISER FOR FBLINBS.

- APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1904.

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WALTER E. SMITH, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

EXERICISER FOR FELINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application men March 7. 1904. Serial No. 196.790.

Patented March 26, 1907.

Massachusetts, have invented an Improve-' ment in Exercisers for Felines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a device especially adapted for furnishing exercise and amusement to cats, and it comprises a chambered member filled with catni or some other material which has a similar e ect upon cats, said member being provided with apertures or perforations through which the odor of the catnip or other confined material may be obtaine In the drawings, Figure 1 is a pers ective view of one form of my invention, and Fig. 2

' is a sectional view therethrough.

The body of the member is designated by 3 and is provided with a central chamber 4, in which is confined catnip 5 or some material which has an effect similar to catnip upon cats.

Leading into the central chamber 4 are a V plurality of a ertures 6, through which the cat gets the 0 or of catnip.

The device is used as a plaything for cats merely by giving it to the cat to p Upon getting the odor of the catnlp through the apertures 6 the cat-will work over and play with the device for long-continued in tervals of time, thus getting'in many cases much-needed exercise.

The device is especially useful in enticing .well-fed, fat, andlazy cats to take the necessary exercise to keep them in good physical condition.

The device may be made in a great variety of ways and with a great variety of sha es. I prefer the spherical form shown, and w en this form is used the chamber 4 may be made by making an axial bore partially through havin ay with.-

the'sphere. When the chamber is filled with catnip and the end of the bore closed with a plug or ca 8, the device is ready for use. Any suitab e number of apertures 6 may be employed, and they-may be placed in any position. Preferably I will simply make .apertures in the plug 8 and in the opposite end of the sphere.

The device may be cubical, pyramidal, or

of any other shape without departing from the invention, provided it has the. central.

chamber which is filled with catnip and a suflicient number-0f perforations leading to the chamber to admit of the felines getting a suflicient catnip odor so that they will play with it. Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an article of manufacture, an exerciser for felines comprising a spherical body a smooth exterior, provided with a centra cavity or chamber extending axially thereinto and adapted to hold catni a removable plug closmg one end ofsairlchamher, and a series of apertures leadin through the wall of said s herical body into said chamber throu h which apertures the feline gets the odor o .the catnip.

'2. As an article of manufacture, an exerciser for felines adapted to roll, and comprising a substantially spherical body having a cavity and an openlngv leading thereto to farm aninternal chamber adapted to contain catnip, and a plug toclose said opening, said device into said chamber, through which openings the feline gets the odor of the catnip.

In testimony whereof I havesigned my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WALTER E. SMITH. Witnesses: LoUIs 0. SMITH, I

MARGARET A. DUNN.

also having a series of openings extending through the wall of the body and 

